/*
 * Copyright 2009 Zero Separation
 *
 *     This file is part of PDSUtilities.
 *
 *  PDSUtilities is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  PDSUtilities is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 *  along with PDSUtilities.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

package com.zero_separation.pds.utilities.indexingmaps;

import com.zero_separation.pds.utilities.AbstractManagedObject;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 *
 * @author Tim
 */
public abstract class Index< V > extends AbstractManagedObject  {
    /** The version of the serialized form of this class. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    abstract void createInternalData( );

    abstract void validInsertion(V value) throws KeyAlreadyInIndexException;

    abstract void put(final V value) throws KeyAlreadyInIndexException;

    abstract Collection<V> getValues();

    abstract void remove(final V value);

    abstract void clear();

}
